Federal agencies will convene February 1 and 2 for a "bed bug summit" in Washington, DC. The summit, which will convene the Federal Bed Bug Workgroup, will be open to the public and hosted to by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
According to the EPA, which called the first such summit in April 2009, the group is made up of the EPA, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, Department of Commerce, and National Institutes of Health.
The summit will seek solutions to bed bug problems from various angles, including "identifying knowledge gaps and barriers to effective community-wide bed bug control, proposals for next steps in addressing knowledge gaps and eliminating barriers, and developing a framework for addressing the highest priority needs," according to a statement from the EPA.
